The House that Jack Built - Alan Price Set
Composer: Alan Price
Label: Decca
Original Key : G
Reached #4 in the UK in 1967
Intro:
G C6 G C6 G C6
#1:
G C
Brother Nigel paints the stairs with the signs of the Zodiac
G C
Throws paint in the mirror as he stands in his plastic mac
G D
Sister Emma rides a zebra round and round the garden
C G G F F# G G7
Spends the whole day sayin' I beg your pardon
Chorus:
C G
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
C G
This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it ..
D7 G F F# G
reaches up to the sky
#2:
G C
Uncle Joe cracks walnuts in-between his toes for fun and..
G C
looks through coloured glass at the dark spots on the sun and
G D
Mary, she believes that her mother was a queen, keeps
C G G F F# G G7
Saying, you just missed him, King Solomon's just been
Chorus:
C G
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
C G
This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it ..
D7 G F F# G
reaches up to the sky
Instrumental:
G C G C G D C G F F# G
Chorus:
C G
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
C G
This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it ..
D7 G F F# G
reaches up to the sky
#3:
G C
Cousin Festus writes a letter each and ev'ry single day, he ..
G C
believes that writin' letters keeps the Asian Flu away, I've ..
G D
got a reservation, I was given it for free, cos' ..
C G G F F# G G7
I killed all the flies in the state of Tennessee
Chorus:
C G
Oh, my, my, my, my, my, my, my, it makes you wanna cry
C G
This is the house that Jack built, baby, and it ..
D7 G F F# G
reaches up to the sky
Outro:
G F F# G F F# G
I'm comin', I'm comin'
G C D G
Please, save a place for me
G7 G
Wo-oh, I'm comin
G7 G
Wo-oh, I'm comin', babe
G7
Wo-oh, I'm comïn', babe
G C G C (repeat and fade)